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I came in here to post this exact quote. This is just super ridiculous. Any learning you did while employed is property of that employer. I seriously hope there

I came in here to post this exact quote. This is just super ridiculous. Any learning you did while employed is property of that employer. I seriously hope there no one comes up with a device that makes that possible to enforce.

DanAndersen 12y ago
Now I want to read a dystopian transhumanist novel where mind uploading is commonplace, but corporations force you to checkout a new "branch" of your mind-state while working for them, enforcing a rollback to a pre-employment commit after terminating employment.
- feral 12y ago
  See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paycheck_(short_story) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paycheck_(short_story) for exploration of similar ideas, by Philip K. Dick in the '50s. Was adapted into a big budget 2003 movie.
thwarted 12y ago
Coming up with such a device is the plot of Snowcrash, and somewhat similarly expressed in the Ben Affleck vehicle Paycheck.